We scored all 11,664 kundli combinations. Here's what the data says.

There are 27 nakshatras, each with 4 padas: 108 possible moon positions, and 11,664 possible boy–girl pairings. We computed the classical 36-guna (ashtakoota) score for every single one — same tables, same cancellation rules our free matching tool uses. If the doshas that terrify families were rare curses, they should be rare in the data. They are not. They are arithmetic.

Finding 1: One in three couples "has" nadi dosha — by construction

Across all 11,664 pairings, 33.3% carry nadi dosha. That is not fate; it is division. There are exactly three nadis, the 27 nakshatras are distributed evenly among them, so a random pairing lands in the same nadi one time in three. When a website tells a family their match has nadi dosha, it is reporting something true of a third of every couple who has ever lived — usually just before quoting a price to fix it.

Finding 2: Half of all pairings sit in a bhakoot dosha position

The 2–12, 5–9 and 6–8 sign positions — the classical bhakoot doshas — cover 50.0% of all pairings. Read that again: the "inauspicious" bhakoot positions are literally half the wheel. A dosha that afflicts every second couple is a prompt for a careful reading, not a catastrophe. The classical texts treat it exactly that way — which is why they also wrote cancellation rules.

Finding 3: The cancellations are real, and they change verdicts

Applying just the standard cancellations — same-lord bhakoot, and the classical nadi exceptions — 8.3% of bhakoot doshas and 5.2% of nadi doshas cancel outright, restoring 7 and 8 points respectively. Those are the narrow, universally accepted rules; traditional jyotisha recognises several more. Even with only the strict set, 192 pairings that a cancellation-blind calculator fails at "below 18" actually cross the traditional acceptance line. Every one of those is a family scared for no reason.

Finding 4: Nobody scores 36

Across all 11,664 combinations, the maximum score is 35 — a perfect 36 never occurs. The median is 21, comfortably in the traditionally accepted band. If someone shows you a matching report promising perfection, or treats anything under 30 as alarming, they are grading against a scale on which full marks are mathematically impossible.

What this means for your family

The guna count is a doorway, not a verdict. 28.7% of pairings score below 18 even after strict cancellations — and the texts' instruction for them is a closer reading of both full charts, dasha timing and the seventh houses, not a rejection and never a remedy invoice. The fear economy runs on three facts this data makes plain: doshas are common, cancellations are hidden, and the scale is misrepresented. Honesty is cheaper. It is also better astrology.

Method, honestly stated

We enumerated all 108 nakshatra-pada moon positions (pada midpoints, Lahiri sidereal framework), paired every boy position with every girl position, and scored all eight kootas with the classical tables — varna, vashya, tara, yoni, graha maitri, gana, bhakoot, nadi — applying the standard same-lord bhakoot cancellation and classical nadi exceptions. The sweep weights each combination equally; real-world moon positions are close to uniform across nakshatras over time. The full per-pair results are browsable in our compatibility guide (938 pages), and every number can be reproduced with our free matching tool. Cite freely with a link.